WPF Grid?

All:

I am writing a simple Jeopardy-like game for some kids... and I figured
a Grid would be a good way to lay out the game board. My (basic?)
question is, once I have a Grid object, is it possible to access the
Grid by Row and Column? For example, I'd like to say (in code), "Go to
'cell' 2,3 and paint the background blue. Go to 'cell' 1,2 and paint
the background green."

Is this possible? If not, do I simply have to slog through the
calculations "old school" and compute the client rectangle, the # of
columns, etc.


Thanks,
jpuopolo

Hello John,

take a look at there two links

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ols.grid.aspx#
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...getcolumn.aspx

Hope this answers your question.

All the best,
Andrei Iacob

john wrote:
> All:
>
> I am writing a simple Jeopardy-like game for some kids... and I figured
> a Grid would be a good way to lay out the game board. My (basic?)
> question is, once I have a Grid object, is it possible to access the
> Grid by Row and Column? For example, I'd like to say (in code), "Go to
> 'cell' 2,3 and paint the background blue. Go to 'cell' 1,2 and paint
> the background green."
>
> Is this possible? If not, do I simply have to slog through the
> calculations "old school" and compute the client rectangle, the # of
> columns, etc.
>
>
> Thanks,
> jpuopolo

Hello John,

take a look at there two links

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ols.grid.aspx#
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...getcolumn.aspx

Hope this answers your question.

All the best,
Andrei Iacob

john wrote:
> All:
>
> I am writing a simple Jeopardy-like game for some kids... and I figured
> a Grid would be a good way to lay out the game board. My (basic?)
> question is, once I have a Grid object, is it possible to access the
> Grid by Row and Column? For example, I'd like to say (in code), "Go to
> 'cell' 2,3 and paint the background blue. Go to 'cell' 1,2 and paint
> the background green."
>
> Is this possible? If not, do I simply have to slog through the
> calculations "old school" and compute the client rectangle, the # of
> columns, etc.
>
>
> Thanks,
> jpuopolo

Andrei:

Thanks - very helpful. What I got out of this is that the attached
properties are exposed by the container and can be accessed via
Class.Set/Get.

So, what I did was...

* Create a Canvas (c = new Canvas())
* Place in Grid col (Grid.SetColumn(c, x)
* Place in Gird row (Grid.SetRow(c, y)

Worked like a charm!

I hope this help others out there as well...

Thanks,
John


J wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> take a look at there two links
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ols.grid.aspx#
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...getcolumn.aspx
>
> Hope this answers your question.
>
> All the best,
> Andrei Iacob
>
> john wrote:
> > All:
> >
> > I am writing a simple Jeopardy-like game for some kids... and I figured
> > a Grid would be a good way to lay out the game board. My (basic?)
> > question is, once I have a Grid object, is it possible to access the
> > Grid by Row and Column? For example, I'd like to say (in code), "Go to
> > 'cell' 2,3 and paint the background blue. Go to 'cell' 1,2 and paint
> > the background green."
> >
> > Is this possible? If not, do I simply have to slog through the
> > calculations "old school" and compute the client rectangle, the # of
> > columns, etc.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > jpuopolo

Andrei:

Thanks - very helpful. What I got out of this is that the attached
properties are exposed by the container and can be accessed via
Class.Set/Get.

So, what I did was...

* Create a Canvas (c = new Canvas())
* Place in Grid col (Grid.SetColumn(c, x)
* Place in Gird row (Grid.SetRow(c, y)

Worked like a charm!

I hope this help others out there as well...

Thanks,
John


J wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> take a look at there two links
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ols.grid.aspx#
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...getcolumn.aspx
>
> Hope this answers your question.
>
> All the best,
> Andrei Iacob
>
> john wrote:
> > All:
> >
> > I am writing a simple Jeopardy-like game for some kids... and I figured
> > a Grid would be a good way to lay out the game board. My (basic?)
> > question is, once I have a Grid object, is it possible to access the
> > Grid by Row and Column? For example, I'd like to say (in code), "Go to
> > 'cell' 2,3 and paint the background blue. Go to 'cell' 1,2 and paint
> > the background green."
> >
> > Is this possible? If not, do I simply have to slog through the
> > calculations "old school" and compute the client rectangle, the # of
> > columns, etc.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > jpuopolo

john,

I don't hink there is a direct method of getting controls belonging to a row
or column. What you need to do is to interate throught all children of the
grid control and check their Row and Column attached properties. Keep in
mind that controls can span through multiple rows and columns, so you can
also check the RowSpan and ColumnSpan attached properties.


--
HTH
Stoitcho Goutsev (100)

"john" <puopolo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> All:
>
> I am writing a simple Jeopardy-like game for some kids... and I figured
> a Grid would be a good way to lay out the game board. My (basic?)
> question is, once I have a Grid object, is it possible to access the
> Grid by Row and Column? For example, I'd like to say (in code), "Go to
> 'cell' 2,3 and paint the background blue. Go to 'cell' 1,2 and paint
> the background green."
>
> Is this possible? If not, do I simply have to slog through the
> calculations "old school" and compute the client rectangle, the # of
> columns, etc.
>
>
> Thanks,
> jpuopolo
>

john,

I don't hink there is a direct method of getting controls belonging to a row
or column. What you need to do is to interate throught all children of the
grid control and check their Row and Column attached properties. Keep in
mind that controls can span through multiple rows and columns, so you can
also check the RowSpan and ColumnSpan attached properties.


--
HTH
Stoitcho Goutsev (100)

"john" <puopolo@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1163962501.927983.225840@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> All:
>
> I am writing a simple Jeopardy-like game for some kids... and I figured
> a Grid would be a good way to lay out the game board. My (basic?)
> question is, once I have a Grid object, is it possible to access the
> Grid by Row and Column? For example, I'd like to say (in code), "Go to
> 'cell' 2,3 and paint the background blue. Go to 'cell' 1,2 and paint
> the background green."
>
> Is this possible? If not, do I simply have to slog through the
> calculations "old school" and compute the client rectangle, the # of
> columns, etc.
>
>
> Thanks,
> jpuopolo
>

Stoitcho...

Here's what worked...

int nCols = gameGridUI.ColumnDefinitions.Count;
int nRows = gameGridUI.RowDefinitions.Count;

for (int col = 0; col < nCols; col++) {
for (int row = 0; row < nRows; row++) {
Canvas c = new Canvas();
SolidColorBrush scb = GetMyBrushColor(row, col);
c.Background = scb;
Grid.SetColumn(c, col);
Grid.SetRow(c, row);
gameGridUI.Children.Add(c);
}
}

Hope this helps others...
John


> john,
>
> I don't hink there is a direct method of getting controls belonging to a row
> or column. What you need to do is to interate throught all children of the
> grid control and check their Row and Column attached properties. Keep in
> mind that controls can span through multiple rows and columns, so you can
> also check the RowSpan and ColumnSpan attached properties.
>
>
> --
> HTH
> Stoitcho Goutsev (100)
>
> "john" <puopolo@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1163962501.927983.225840@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > All:
> >
> > I am writing a simple Jeopardy-like game for some kids... and I figured
> > a Grid would be a good way to lay out the game board. My (basic?)
> > question is, once I have a Grid object, is it possible to access the
> > Grid by Row and Column? For example, I'd like to say (in code), "Go to
> > 'cell' 2,3 and paint the background blue. Go to 'cell' 1,2 and paint
> > the background green."
> >
> > Is this possible? If not, do I simply have to slog through the
> > calculations "old school" and compute the client rectangle, the # of
> > columns, etc.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > jpuopolo
> >

Stoitcho...

Here's what worked...

int nCols = gameGridUI.ColumnDefinitions.Count;
int nRows = gameGridUI.RowDefinitions.Count;

for (int col = 0; col < nCols; col++) {
for (int row = 0; row < nRows; row++) {
Canvas c = new Canvas();
SolidColorBrush scb = GetMyBrushColor(row, col);
c.Background = scb;
Grid.SetColumn(c, col);
Grid.SetRow(c, row);
gameGridUI.Children.Add(c);
}
}

Hope this helps others...
John


> john,
>
> I don't hink there is a direct method of getting controls belonging to a row
> or column. What you need to do is to interate throught all children of the
> grid control and check their Row and Column attached properties. Keep in
> mind that controls can span through multiple rows and columns, so you can
> also check the RowSpan and ColumnSpan attached properties.
>
>
> --
> HTH
> Stoitcho Goutsev (100)
>
> "john" <puopolo@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1163962501.927983.225840@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > All:
> >
> > I am writing a simple Jeopardy-like game for some kids... and I figured
> > a Grid would be a good way to lay out the game board. My (basic?)
> > question is, once I have a Grid object, is it possible to access the
> > Grid by Row and Column? For example, I'd like to say (in code), "Go to
> > 'cell' 2,3 and paint the background blue. Go to 'cell' 1,2 and paint
> > the background green."
> >
> > Is this possible? If not, do I simply have to slog through the
> > calculations "old school" and compute the client rectangle, the # of
> > columns, etc.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > jpuopolo
> >